I don’t know if it’s true that great minds think alike. But Donald Trump and I certainly do. When I wrote about Trump’s connection to Venezuela for Sunday, several people asked why I was interested in that country on the Caribbean Sea.
But the question is not why I’m interested in Venezuela. The question is why Donald Trump is interested in Venezuela. During his extended conversation with Elon Musk on Monday, Trump was asked what he might do if he loses the election.
“If something happens with this election, which would be a horror show, we’ll meet the next time in Venezuela,” the former president told Musk. Why Venezuela? It is, after all, a socialist state. And Trump is a committed capitalist.
But it has some of the most beautiful beaches in the Caribbean. It also has some of the most beautiful women. In 1995, that led the Donald to buy the rights to the Miss Universe pageant, which is often won by Miss Venezuela.
So don’t assume Trump is joking about moving there. If he wakes up on Nov. 6 as a loser, he will face a seemingly endless string of prosecutions here in the U.
S.A. Or he could head to a tropical paradise.
So why stick around? If Trump fires up Trump Force One and heads south, he could land in a country that has a history of granting asylum to those who are wanted in the U.S. Don’t assume he’s not serious about moving there, says Jose Gomez-Rivera.
Gomez-Rivera is a former college professor from New Jersey who spent two years in Caracas working .